Hook-setting machine.



G. WQ BRUWN. HOOK SETTING MACHINE. APPLIGAMON FILED MAR. 1o. 1913.

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G. W. BRDWN.A HOOK SETTING MACHINE. APPLICATION I'ILI? MAIL 1U, 19113.

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G. W. BROWN.

HOOK SETTING MACHINE. ABPLIUATION FILED M'AR.10. 1913,

LS, 1 94, Patented Deo. 2, 1918 GE'BIGE lli?. BBJQVEN, 0F SSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, .ASSGNOR TO TUBULAB, RXVET d',

STUD CUMPANY, @Si GSiON, MASSACHUSETTS, CQRE'ORATON OF TQSSCH- Speciiication of Letters Patent.

HGGKeSETTNG MACHINE.

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Application. iledttarch 10, 1913. Serial No. 753,280.

ih eil whom it may concern Be it known that i, Geenen TW. BROWN, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Boston, in the county oi Suffolk and. State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hook-Setting Machines; and l do hereby declarethe foliii lowing to he e full, clear, and'exaot descrip* tion of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.,

The invention relates to machines for settino lacing hooks or studs and more especiaily to the devices for positioning the quai-s ters of the upper preparatory to setting the iirst hook or stud therein.

The invention is intended primarily as an improvement in the hook setting machine shown and described in the potent to Glass, No.- 811,841, dated February 6, 1906, al though it is not coniined inits application to this machine, but may be embodied with edf ven-tage in other forms ci hook setting machinos.

in the machine of the above patent 'the quarters of the upper are positioned preparatory to setting the iirst oi a series of hooks therein hy end gages, one of which is secured to the head carrying the combined anvil and punch, and the other oft, which is mounted upon the frame of the machine, the former gage being used to position the left quarter, e., the quarter in which the upper hooi; is the irst hook set, and the letter gage heing used to position the right quarter, e., the quarter in which the lower hook is the iirst hook set. In adjusting this machine for different sizes or classes of shoes it is necessary to adjust the combined anvii sind punch to vary the spacing of the hooks., and to inde- ,eenden-tl;r adjust the gage which determines the position n of the right quarter. This double adjustment requires time and cere on the part of the operator, in `order that the gage may be accurately positioned to secure" the proper positioning of t ie hooks.

l't is the primary object of the present in* vention f to prt vide novel and improved means for adjusting the Work feedin and positioning devices which Will enalo e the proper adjustments' to be more readily and quickly made, 'Without special core on the part ot the operator.

To this end the invention contemplates the provision in a hook setting' machine pio vided with stock feeding means foi spacing the hooks of means for determining the po sition oi that gage for the quarter of the upper in which the lower hook is the hook iirst set in adjusting the stock feeding means to is a vertieai sectional. View showing e part oi the mechanism for varying the spacing of the hooks; 3 is s detail sectional plan view showing the devices for simultaneously adjusting the :feeding means and theupner positioning gages; end Fig. 4 is a detail, eievation showing the cani through which one of the gages is adjusted.

in the drawings the invention is shown in the hook setting1 machine fully shown. end described in the patent to Glass shove re teried to, This machine is provided with hook settingl devices including the combined anvil and punch 1,'Which is mount/ed to reciprocete vertically in a horizontally reciprocating head 2, and acts to i'eed the stock to properly space the hooks. rihe punch carrying head 2 is reoiprocated to automaticaliy spese the hooks 'by the com and connections comprising the ahle rod, and the bloeit e carrying the stud 7 engaging the slotted erin 8 carried hy the sleeve 9 which is connected vgith the heed.

The length of the feeding stroke of the head and punch carried thereby' is varied in accordance with the size oi the shoe upper in which the hooks are o he set by adjusting devices which shiitthe stud i' in the slotted arm 8, the slot being' so arranged that the punch is advanced to the setting point, whatever the adjustment oi' the stud. flhese devices comprise a bell crank iever l0 one erin of which is connected by s iink il with the block 6, and the other arm of which is-'iiovii.led with a gear segment `i2 the invention in its preferred forni; F 2

yoke Li, the adjust engaged by a gear segment i3 formed on a sjnuzing lever 14.-. .l`he spacing lever carries a pointer 15 arranged to indicate the adj ustnunt oi" the stock feeding mechanism upon a graduated dial 16. The construction and mode of operation of these parts is the same as the construction and mode of operation oi the corresponding parts in the patent above referred to.

The leitt quarter of the shoe is properly positioned for the setting oit' the upper hook by an end gage 1T which is secured to the head 2 in fixed position with relation to the feeding and setting punch 1, so that it is adjusted with the punch when the feeding mechanism isadjusted for different spacings of hooks, and insures the setting of the upper hook at a definite distance from the upper edge of the quarter, Whatever the spacing of the hooks may be. The right quarter of the shoe is properly positioned for setting lthe lower hook by an end gage 18 arranged to engage the upper corner of the quarter, and. carried by a slide rod 19. The gage supporting rod 19 is mounted to slide vin a bearing formed in a bracket 2O adjustably secured to an arm 21 which is in turn secured to the frame of the machine. An edge gage 22 isl arranged between the gages 17 and 18, and cooperates with these gages in properly positioning the right and left quarters of the upper, as indicated in F ig.

In order that the gage 18 may properly position quarters of different sizes, the position of the gage with reference to the feeding and setting punch, and with reference to the setting point, must be varied in accordance with the size of the upper to be operated upon. In accordance with the present invention the proper position of this gage for any given size or class of upper is determined in adjusting the feeding mechanism-to properly space the hooks in such upper. In the preferred form of the invention shown, the means which determines the positionof the gage also moves the gage into proper position. As shown, this means comprises a lever 23, one end of which is connected by a link 211- with the gage carrying rod 19, and the other end of which is provided with a cam plate 25 engaged by a pin 26 projecting from the bell crank lever 10. A spring 27 acts to hold the cam 25 constantly in engagement withthe pin 2G. The pin 26 is secured to the lever 10 by a clamping screw 28. The hole through the pin 26' is eccentric, so that the pin may be adjusted to bring it into proper relation to the cam surface in applying the invention to existing machines'. The surface of the cam isflso shaped, ,and the parts are so :proportioned that an adjustment of the spacing lever 14 to properly space the hooks in any given size or class of upper will-also Londra/.i

: dj ust the gage 18 to properly position the right quarter so that the lower hook will be set at the proper .distance from the upper eyelet and 'from the upper edge of the quarter.

ll'lhile it is preferred to employ the specific construction and arrangement of part-s shown and described in embodying the invention in the machine of the patent above referred to,it will be understood that this construction and arrangement is not essential to the broader features of the invention, and may be varied and modiiied as found desirable or best suited to the construction of the machine in which the invention is to be embodied.

Having explained the nature and object of the invention, and speciciallv described one form of machinein which it may be ernbodied, what is claimed is 1. A hook setting machine, having, in combination, stock feeding means, a gage for positioning Aan upper to set the lower hook first, and common means for simu1taneously adjustin the Stoch feeding means and gage for di erent sizes.

2. A 'hook setting machine, having, in combination, setting devices, two end gages for the upper ends of right vand left quarters respectively, and common means for 95 simultaneouslyadjusting the gages for dif- ASii lferent sizes.

3. A hook setting machine, having, in combination, stock feeding means adjustable for different sizes, an end gage for position- 10e ing an upper to set the lower hook first, and means for determining the position of the end gage in adjusting the stoel; feeding.

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4. A hook setting machine, having, in combination, a punch and set, means to move the same laterally to feed the stock, an end gage movable therewith, an independently mounted end gage, and common means for varying the feeding movement of the punch 11o and determining the position of thelatter gage.

5. A hook setting machine, having, in combination, a punch and set, means to move the same laterally to feed the stock, an end gage movable therewith, an independently mounted end gage, and common means for simultaneously varying the feeding movement of thepunch and set and the position of the latter gage. f, G. A hook setting machine, having, in eembination, a punch and set, means to move the same laterally to feed the stock, an end lgage movable therewith, an independently mounted end gage, means .for varying the feeding movement of the punch and sot, and cpniiections between said means and the lat ter gage for ,'aryi'ng the position of the gage in accerdan e with the feeding movement of the ypunch and set.

annonce n 7. hook setting machine, having, in for positionin an upper to set the lovvei combination, a punch and set,vmeans for hook first, a s ide 19 carrying the gage, a moving the same laterally to feed the stock, c'am lever 23 connected to the slide, means an independently mounted gage, a spacing 'for adjusting the stock feeding means for 5 lever and connections for varying the feeddierentsizes'including a levei` 10, and a 15 ing movement of the punch, and connections pi'n on the lever engaging the cam lever 23. between the lever and the gage comprising I l GEORGE W. BROVN.

a gage positioning cam. Witnesses: 8. A hook setting machine, having, in FRED A. POPE, 10 combination, stock feeding means, a gage 18 M. E. CRooKEn. 

